DNP Select Income Fund (DNP) Competitors

DNP Select Income Fund (NYSE:DNP) and FS KKR Capital (NYSE:FSK) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Does the media prefer DNP or FSK?

In the previous week, FS KKR Capital had 5 more articles in the media than DNP Select Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for FS KKR Capital and 4 mentions for DNP Select Income Fund. DNP Select Income Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat FS KKR Capital's score of -0.07 indicating that DNP Select Income Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
DNP Select Income Fund	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
FS KKR Capital	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, DNP or FSK?

FS KKR Capital has higher revenue and earnings than DNP Select Income Fund.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
DNP Select Income Fund	-$131.43M	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
FS KKR Capital	$607M	9.82	$696M	$1.88	11.32

Do insiders & institutionals believe in DNP or FSK?

8.5% of DNP Select Income Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.3% of FS KKR Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of DNP Select Income Fund shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of FS KKR Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor DNP or FSK?

DNP Select Income Fund received 115 more outperform votes than FS KKR Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.80% of users gave DNP Select Income Fund an outperform vote while only 49.07% of users gave FS KKR Capital an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
DNP Select Income Fund	Outperform Votes 194 70.80%	Underperform Votes 80 29.20%
FS KKR Capital	Outperform Votes 79 49.07%	Underperform Votes 82 50.93%

Do analysts prefer DNP or FSK?

FS KKR Capital has a consensus target price of $20.25, suggesting a potential downside of 4.88%. Given FS KKR Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe FS KKR Capital is more favorable than DNP Select Income Fund.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
DNP Select Income Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
FS KKR Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has more risk & volatility, DNP or FSK?

DNP Select Income Fund has a beta of 0.49, suggesting that its stock price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FS KKR Capital has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is DNP or FSK more profitable?

FS KKR Capital has a net margin of 29.98% compared to DNP Select Income Fund's net margin of 0.00%. FS KKR Capital's return on equity of 12.31% beat DNP Select Income Fund's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
DNP Select Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
FS KKR Capital	29.98%	12.31%	5.47%

Is DNP or FSK a better dividend stock?

DNP Select Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.7%. FS KKR Capital pays an annual dividend of $2.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.0%. FS KKR Capital pays out 136.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Summary

FS KKR Capital beats DNP Select Income Fund on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.